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Frmn the Charleston Mercury. THE GADSDEN TREATY. The N:ntional Intelligeneer of tWe 24th uit. -ontaini n communicntion upon this subject, .which .escrves attention as well on account of . , A.i:y. as for its application to the project of ti.e >.mnern Pacifie Railroad, which excited so mui intercst in the recent Commercial Conven tion. We entirely agree with the writer, thai to e'1!;. gotti1tionst between the United States and 3h t-o, leaving all the various questions of publ1i. d private right unsettled, is simply to develop. the g'!rms of another war. We know that this contemplation is pleasing to the eyes of f 'ibusars everywhere. But their reckless dis re.jard (f the rights of others may be the grave of the'.- own schemes. Santa Anna is not de pendent ,olely upon the United States for such Lids as he may need to support his government, and to sustain the national existence of Mexico. She ow'.< eighty millions of dollars to England, the lien For which it; Mexicans soil, which would be de-sroyed if conquest or annexation were to lake pl..ee. England therefore can and will aid Santa Anna. She will then assume, and with out an just cause of offence on our part, the protecfrate of Mexico: and this would compli cate forever the settlement of all questions be tween us. Into this vortex of ditliculties, the rejection of the Gadsden Treaty, and the failure to substitute in its place another satisfac tory ) Mexico, threaten to involve us. Ba: to the South, and to Southern men, what lessor.s does not this whole matter teach ? A treaty, opened under tine instructions of the Feder:J Administration, acceptable to its jud_ ment. :.ir in its details, and advantageous to the whole countrv, is sent to the Senate, and forth with %ie Norih rises up against it and repediates it, sinigly because it contains a trilling benefit to the South. Look at the vote by which it is re jected. und mark tine sectional spirit displayed. No, the South shall have no more territory, though all she has yet acquired has been plucked from n:r submissive hands. A proposition to the contrary is enough to damn any treaty. The country may break its f:.ith with 3exico, m:V rush into a war,-anything be'fore this. And if war does happen. and Southern Ilood and tren sure :%:in adds domain to the Union, another Wilmiu. Proviso, Compromise, or the doctrine of Squatter Sovereignity, shall come forth, and repest the blow to Southern exitence and honor. 'his is the lesson which the rejection of the treaty teaches. May it not already have become so fanihar as to have lost its bitterness and shaiae ? 'I'he article alluded to concludes with the fulowinz extract. It will be pleasinfg to see that Mr- VIKE's project is attracting attention n, only onl accounit of its originality, but because of its believed practicabilitv A-tin : is there nothing ominons to the prae li,ei eye in the resolution adopted by the So:hern Convention, the formation, of' a cor puraiion of Southern and Southwestern States to purchase the soil and build the road through Mexico ? I he idea is not only original, but the moast pregn::nt in results of any proposition put. forth in the last ten years. The Southern States carninot make a seperate treaty with Mexico the Cons:itution forbids it-but it may purchase a proprietary interest in the soil of another Re public. Eaci state can create a corporation ; and of course the Southern States united can make a corporation among themselves. Let th* idea be once carried into effect, and a silent but sure revolution is begun. The South have for a long period deemed themselves aggrieved: but ro un;ited remedy but nullidenation has been proposed. This the States deemed too stringent, nd only one State ad opted it. But the prCposed scheme is so gzentlec, so practicable, so little start. ling, that its zsdoption mamy cause little apprehen sion, whiil4t it embraces in its bosom the most terrific elemients. Tihe Sotuth must have a Rail rrid to the Pa:cific. She has one hundred annd fii:v milions ot' annual income from exports: Ict'her bunt lav out her credit to the amount of om-eyear's reso" rces, and she commands the trade of the Pi::citic States amnd thne direct carriage of ta, preoducts of' the Eastern world. rThe Rail r: 1d may prove to her, if it be rendered exclu s:', wvh.i thne trade aeross the Eastern deserts proved to the Levatit and the cities of the plains. I thterefore urge my Northern friends not to ex. ereise a: once the entire power of the Union. A dopt the treaty ; make the eommuniention be t :an the two oceans ; lamy naide part sectional is;:, den::::gogismn, fi-ilibnusterism ; aid Mexico to deClopC~' :er recoturces, aind atone for our failure to :eden::t otur pledge under tihe 11th article; mAe her~ vour f'riend ; fortm a tariff' of mutual e~:ni:e ; you increatse your commerce, you rdise ti a siste'r nantion, you advance humanity, a.ivon strengthen, in tihe evenmt of' a foreign war, veui- position in the Sonutin and upon tine Gullf; .le fr the comnmon weal, antd arrest our raplid dee!i..e :.om tine greant e'poebs5 of this really pow erful bnut too fr'equently mi-guided nation. SOUTH. Tmat-E 1'ATR!OTIs.-The Can roliniann cont: i's the. ie~ inng intelligetnce that M'lr. 1Hiramn Hutchi soin, lh'r'ident of the fl.mtk of' IIlamburg, inas given flee thotusaind dr.!lars to thy South Caroli nat Co~ 'e, for tihe purpose of fonunding a schnolar ship tn aid in the education of' indigent y'oung~ men 0- merit. It is with no commton saitid'faction th-nt u-: are enabled to publish suchn facts. They are the fruits of a growving appnreciation of tine vaue' good education, and of' a generosity wh:ich seeks to muake its btessimngs universal. They' 'peaik of a inste for letters, ot a venefratimon for no:-ning. anod a symopathye and admniration for Rchobniefly virtues. And withn what hopes do they ii ire thne youth of our-State, whnose talents nin a' irationns are echilb-'d by. poverty ! - .'Th:e exam~ple of M\r. Ilutehnismn. and of others whoa Lee preced~ed him in the samne inoble benevo-4 lene.y. s indeed worthy' of imitation. It has been said of- him whno planted a tree, thnat lie had not lived ini vain, Yet, what is thnis in comnpanrison wvit:h :,t generosi:y, whnich transplants fronm the wany.<.ai itntellects withering up, to a cornge'nial meil wiere they mnay blossom and beanr f'ruit ?j Mr. I lutchnisont has exhibited a judgmennt eqttal to his generosity itt making thne South Carolina College tihe trustee of' his bounnty. I' ICcisArt BOOK CoNcERN.-We clip tlme fol ilowintg friom thne Southenrn Christiain Advocate: THEn AP'PEAL C.s.-Thenappeal of the Sonuthn- 1 ern Commninsstoners in the case ot' tine Cincinnaiti ]iouk Concern property, estimatedl at 8:300.000, was hneard before tine Snuprenme Court of' tine Unni ted States a wveek or tw'o since. We cannot de ny enr redaers the gratification of leartning, in advance of the telegraphn, tlnat tine Counrt has de eide.i unaa imousxly in fnvor of' tine South. Thne dcision wtill be publishned in a few daiys. Tlnis r:onunceet, thoungh it will take nobody in tine S,:un by surprise, will be none the less gratify JO!. It Since tine above we find the following panra- I gr.' ph in the Wa~shnington Sentinmel: The Supreny .Court has conme to a decision on the me which has bneen for several weeks pen di'e bn'fonre that tribunal, invyolving a panrtition i of the Miethnodist Book Concern interest at Cin ei:;n::ti. between thme Methnodist Episcopal Chutnrein Noth amid tine Methodist Epuis. Churchn Souitht, consequetnt an a separation of that eclesiaistical estazbnilhment. 'rTe Umnited States circuit court for Ohio ha~d pronounicedl against a partitinnn of nasets, bitt tihe Supreme Court oIf thne United States has reversed the decree, and remtanded tine c:se( forF f'urthmer pronceedings, in conformity to' time oi:inion oIf tine last nanmed court. STRTycm:lNE .--ThneCohumbus,Ohmio, Democrat stays that olistillers enmploy stry'ehnnine in the mattnufact unren of whiskey. It is a recent discovery that :iidendly drug inncreases the yield of whnis-. key pe~r bnabel of corn. In some places the pon: is used to such an extent that hogs die in gre.nt muon ners front drinkinig the still shop, Amnd wr tmav and thmat it is known thnat titis deadly j po: onis uised in othmer liquors besides whnisky. A 1few mronths ago, some 'pure cognae brandy't was- analy:ted in Washington, anmd was found to t co::tain stnychnine.4 .. D. COsMEaNmL, Esq., of the Treasury Depart. w.- 't, d'livered a few days since at the Mlint in F ideiphia, fifty two toins of silver, tine value of a a :hieh is one and a qutarter milhtons of dollars.n The Governmment purchased Mexican ingots of I silver am tunting to two millions of dollars, at f time pe'r cent. premium, thtree-quarters of av mli.:on cof which wats left at thte Mint in Newt Orljeans. Thie object of tine putrchase of thnis t aimount of silver is to increase the supply of sil- f f~fP r cn.Lf - i S .7 HEM ISCENCES OF ,OHN C. CALHOUN. Several publications have appeared lately, the tendency of which is to produce the impression upon the public mind that -Mr. Calhoun. wmLa disbeliever in the Christian religion. Weallie particnlarly to the account given by his priyite Secretary of the reception Mr. Butler met 'with on the eve of his death. The foliowigiOnidunt will show that such is not the case. Several years ago a party of gentleniin were travelling by railroad and stage coach ifrough the State of Georgia. In one of the intpnor towns, a venenble gentleman with griy rjair, black eyes and tall form entered the-stiige coach. The bgeck seat was occupied by two well dressed travellers who gave only a caual glance at the stranger and inmmediately entered upon a friendly discussion of the christi:n reli. gion ; and, after a long argument, came to the conclusion that the mission of Jesus Christ h41 proven a signal failure and that the world would have been much better otr if the gospel had ne ver been promulgated. The argument had not been addressed to the venerable stranger, but from frequent glances cast at him as it progressed whenever a point was made against Christianity, it was evident that he vras the object of their discourse. At length one of them bowed to him and begged his pardon, assuriltg him that no disrespect was intended to him personally-thotigh lie presuim. ed from his dress that lie was a clergyman. The stranger in reply remarked that he was not a clergtyman, but wag, nevertheless, a firm believer in the Christian religion. The infidel then pres sed the argument home upon him, which he mildly declined several times ; but at length the spirit of controversy was roused in him by' their pertinacity; and, beginning at the commence ment of the conversation between the two inti dels, lie refuted every proposition laid down by them, and then went on to deliver a defence of' the religion of Jesus, which, for convincing pow er and starting brilliancy, our inomirmant said lie had never heard equalled. At the commence ment of the discussion the two friiends frequent ls interrnp!ed him in the sublime discourse ; but soon learned that they were pigmies in lie hands of a giant, and, if not convinmeed, they were si lenced by very shame of their ign'racev, which was kiridly hut mercilessly exposed at every step in the discussion. After the discussion the two infidels never advanced another opinion on any subject, hut me kiy sat at the feet of their mas ter and drank in with greedy ears his sublime wisdom ; and when they arrived at Columbus, and it was annoumneed that the venerable stran. ger was Mr. Calhoun, they slunk away froni his presence and left the city by the earliest con ev:nce. Our authority for these statements is J:ames Allen, Esq., late a nerchant in the city, and a gentlem:n of undoubted veracity.-Culumbus (Ga.) Times and Sentinel. ImrorTANT DECIsIos.-The New York Tribune states that the United States Court, throngh Judge Nekoi, have rendered a dee.ion, establish ing the validity of Blake's ptent for fire and weather proof paint. The validity of the paint being thus established in a Court, at law, the pa. .entee will not again lie compelled to try it before a Jury, but can bring his suit in a Court tifEqnity whien (after the patent has been established as above) will grant an immiediate injunction :.gainst any party who is making, selling, or using the fire prootf paint in violation of ihis patent, and up. point a Master in Ch:i:nerv, bel'ore whom the iamnages already sustained by the patentee will be asSessed. It is therefore important to those vho have been infringing his patent, to know he position they now occnpy. ErrntAO.DnmAar DiscovEa r.-Yest erdaiy af ernoon, as some workmeni were excavatIng a ellar on Linton-streef, a short distanice below ohn-st., ther camne in contact wihh a hiard stinb tance, about nine feet below the grade ot the ~treet, which, after sonme trouble, was excavated nd brought to light, and proved to be a hiuman ody in a perfect state of petrilaction. This ~xtraordiniary spec-imn of the humni race is a r-e, about, five feet, seven incties in length. Fil~e hair is cut very short, and seems to have een shaved is several parts, as its formation is erf ect and appairently uninjured by time. The see is singularly formued, and dill'ering'in shape nd expression from anly of the races of the pire ent aige. Wh'lat is more remi::rkable the body is perfect m all its partns, every muscle, tire and sinew be g perfectly developed. T1hue color is rather of light. gray, and in some parts a pyroatche~s very ear to the white man atlthou gh this miay have een~ produced by the action of the soil iin which has been buried. perhaps for ages. A numi er of eminent sctilic gen' leimen vikited this enarkable and stranga exhumnatimon yestei'diyI fternoon, but nothing ot a detiniite character vs arrived at relative to the cause, or what ngt h of time it, hiad hIin there, albhough all greed that several hundred years niustt have lapsed since it was buried.-Cinicinatti In-~ uirer, 1st. THlE M.115E L.,QUoR LAW DECLAr.FED UNCoN' iTUUroAL~ BYA UNIrED STATES JUDG'.E.-T'he blarshall (M ich.) Erxpounttder 'Iul ishes thle fol wing letter from Hon Ross Wilkins, .Judge f the United States District Court, to Judge 'latt, of the Supreme Court. It will be seen at Judge W. is clearly of thme opinion that the iquor Law% is unconstitutional. - DETaoiT, March 25, 1854. 1 have received and caretfully read and consid- I -red your very lucid opinion'on the validity of ie act of IFebruary 12, 1853, entitled "~ An Act o prohibit the manufacture of intoxicating bet'. i ~rages, and the trail therein," recently sub itted to our Supr'eme Conurt. On the main question involved, of reference > the electors of the State, your argument to y uiind is counclusive, and I have ino hesitation i saying that, from my examination of the act, concur with you in all oh' the other legal propo itionis which you haLvo enumneraterd. When the Legislature, in express terms, su - nit a general act to the people, befo're it can become a law," it seems to me (with all res ieet to our judicial brethren entertaining a dif rent 'opinion) that the. legislative power Is ereby delegated to the pieople, and their repre entatives divested of' the same. To countesance such legislation, (now I thinik 'or the first time introduced ini our State,) would nourage simuilar representative infidelity, aiid ere is no saying where the evil would stop. Ea judge you have kept your frarments unde led. There. are many other objections, but I assture iu that I know tha.t the advbeates of tempiler ne are iiot respon~ille ftmr aill the features of' e bill. While the act .was in proigress the ene uies of the measuires purreptiously sought to lestroy it by:timreference to then pecople and tierwise, in which the timid joiined, anxious to brink the responsibility, and save themselves vith their constituencies. Henee has arisen all i ditliculty. I ami frienidly to the reform, and so far as osistent with our t'udainental law, I would diocnte the absolute and entire suppiression oft ie liquor trafic. But I can never countenance ny infringement on the constitutioni, eveni to fet so great a blessing to this and sueeeeding eerations. ROSS WILKINS. LETTERS from Constantinople allude to an siatie warrior-womazin-Ftimie Ilaniem. She as arrived at, Constantinople with six hundred orsemn as her suite. She is an old women f about sixty years of' age, of a very witheredi pperance, aiid very like a gipsy. As sh epas ed through the capnital last week, seated oin Lorseback like a man, thous-mds of people flock r to have viewv of lher, especially women. The iurkish females are quite taken aghast at this, or the East, most astoniishiing phenomtenon, anid agerly pressed forward to catch a glimipse of Is adventurous old dame as she camtered past hem. " Mashallah ! What a wouman !" STAuRATIOs' ts AHEAD.-The Alligator, East 'loria Advertiser says the scareity of' provi ions is beeoming rather of a serious aspect, d could the injure to the Cotton crops ini mny aner ensure a plenteous supply of provisions' ,r the coming year, would, rio doubt be hailed communle bonlum, or perhaps a boon of Heca . T1hec very necessaries of' lifeo are becoming, a great extenmt, beyond the limiited mecans of ie poorer classes, while the wealth of thme more tvored can scarce commanid them mit a reason ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDQZFIELD, S. 0. THV.RSDAY MAY 4 1854. Cool Weather. THE month of. April has bteen with'us a chilly.one. Even the first day of May opened :with a'slight frost. But now more seasolnable weather in upon Us. The effects of the very cool nights we have latterly had are 'easily discernible in the backward condition of the field and garden crops. Early corn has had three severalt'nippings. It is probable that cotton will be iuhjct to "sore shin," as it is called, arid be thrown back several weeks in its growth. Our statement in a recent n'umber that our small gTrain crops were inferior may prove incoriect.- -From .iarious gentlemen we have since heard iltht in many parts of the District those crops how promise a very abundant yield. d aj' .s"9 Effusa. Tu's'contribution to-onr- preen&:urtmher is so utter ly pointless, 1b twe lid d'esireqd, for the author's sake, to excinda-it. Ccordingly; .apipening to see him the other day, we took the trouble to explain that our al lusions of last week were not meant to be offensive to any one. His Major-ship seemed, tu we thought, to be satisfied nith our explanation and withdrew his piece. But, either in consequence of bad advice or because he thought it a pity that so rich a gem should be kept from the public eye, or for some other reason (we know not what) it was brought back for publica tion-and there it is!- Ie is welcome to the space it occupies, with the distinct understanding that nothing more of the same sort, upon the same subject, will find a place in our publication drawer. 0- Hard Road to Trable." We have learned that some of our "3Tajors" took exceptions to an observation in our last paper. As onr design was purely playful, we regret that any one should hative taken it in serious mood. As to the sirniting ani fretting, their hours upon the stage," it is a Shakeperian expreszion which lis often been philosophically applied to men in every station. hit never before (that we know of) received with ill-feel' ing. We are sorry that our joike should be taken armiss. A mong our Majors ve call to mind one at least whom we rank among our best friends, and of course we could iiot design to give him oflence-nor indeed any one else. But so it is--an Editor's is " a hard road to trahle. I believe." I Again, in utn article upon the dieline of Edgefield, we remarked that either of our two Coach Factories coild he carried on with six or seven hands. But here comes 3r. LrIGn'*s agent anid says " Why we work eighteen hands in all," (hig, little, old and young, lie might have added.) So we have stumbled again. Well, gentlemen, if we did miss the figure, it was in advocaiing a project which would, if carried out, double all your interests. Still, we are hild in I excusable. Folks will not look upon us in the right light. Yes, an Editor's is "a hard road to trable, I believe." Play Day Amusements. Tu girls of our schools have celebrated May-day with great spirit. Mrs. 3TcCLNTocKs's scholars enjoyed a pleasant festival on tIer Huncombe side.. in the afternoon. At night, the girls of 31r RAIon's sch1il per f-rmed the heautiful Cantata, siyleid the " Flower Queen," before an tverflowing house. So much pleased weare many iof the audlience, that a repetiiiion of the penrfornmnce was called fur, whlichi was given on the night of the 2d ol' 3May. Ttiese occasions harve endivened our village very mueh and all concerned deserve the thanks of the commit nity fir their praiseworthy ello'rts to make this time. hoin'red anniversary of fun and flowers pass nfT' joy ously and beatutifully. Now, let all settle down to hard work and studly. Thus alone can the nlext occasion i'f the kindm be properly relished. For work seasons pleasure thme world over. MVore Gold. Tu e cry is still. " more gold"-mo gold in the old rocky hills oif Edgefield. On 31(ttday last'we were shown a most palpable specime'n of the "yellow stutfy" by Mir. SAxMt:t.. of Cheves' Creek. ie is in high hopes of finding excellent diggmngs. We wish most sincerely that lie may not he disapointed in his agree. able anticipaions.-flut this is tnt all. We are infoirmed that we have ourself a similar prospe(ct down on our brick-yrdl premises, at the foot of town. Sotme, n huo have tried it,.(for as vet we have pilosphically abstaindl,) say that it is "'a good egg' a' the phrase goes. L~ord send it may he. for the arti ele is nieded in this coutttry badlly enough. We'll miake arrangementts to cut the goose o'pen at an early day. If the e'gg shall he worth twenmty thousand. the 'fou'rth if it shall go in ther New Mfark,-t, Edg~.eil and Aiken Rail Road. It it lie wrrthi lift:: thonsand we will givie all the Rail Roads a little. If it lhe nsorth a hundred thousand. they~i shlmlI have a doublte sha re. And if it be worth two htmntn-d thousanid, we'll be a recond " Robino Routghi.head." WVe'll "' tmarry all the widows," take care of atll the poor, and doa thousand ohier thumgs. " The Wofford Guardian." 'Tits is the title' of a sheet soon to tbe isuedl at Spartanbrg C. 11., S. C. It will be partly religiouis, partly secular in its cast, and puirports to, become ((te of the organs of "~ S'nttern 3Methodism.'' It ni ill be under the cointrol of Mfr. C. C. PIJcre-r. The terms are $2 per antnum. in advance. We commnetnd the paper to our Methodist friends. The Rev. Mir. Pt'cKE-rT, who is stationed in our vil lage, has a list, utpon which those desirous of sub. scribing to the "Guarelian" will please go fotrward and Pitt down their nam res. Encouirage. all such en terprises in ith..ir itncip'iency-afterwards let them stanid or fall upon their merits. Last Week's 2Znigma. A subescriber sends the followmg~ solut ion, which is correct: IIA xcuna., A pril 28, 1851. 3Mr.~Eoiroa:--I send yout a sointtion of the Enigma in yiutr last issm-i. It was the work of five minuttes; htople ".. 31. II." will give s'omethine next time lie tries-i mieanr, lhat will'he more int ricate. The lady's nam.' is GevontA VstitGtNiA M3.. Y'ours in a mist, NOTLAX031.. Oration by W. D. Porter. iWeF have reteived an elegantly printed copy of 31Jr. Po-rEa's Oration in honor oif CALInoe''s lbirrt-day. As yet we have not afforded ourself the pleaisutre of its peruisal. F'romt various criticism< of siundlry taste fl brethren, we are led to anticipate a treat there from. A Liberal Contribution. ON'E of the handsomest thirtgs we have heard of lately was done by outr fellow-citizen, M~r. W:'LtLiAM B. .ion s. Uponi application being madle to htim by a lady, for help towards the CAtntouN 3onumtent, lie at once retmitted a subscription of onie hiuntdred dollars. Were rmatny Carolinians fired with such arditr in the ause of htonorinig our great departed Statesmatn, a mnument would soon arise worthy of his ever-endur ing fame. Mr. Z'illmore in Charleston. Tint. ex.presidetnt and Hotn. Joun P'. KiessFoy are making the tour of the South with a degree of care and circumspection that looks a litle queer to a man up a sycamore. Jim Charleston, they 'were enitertauined andsomely and without a symiptom of tondly-iem. They received the kindness gratcelfully, and donhtless left most agreeable itmpressionms on mtany ; for they are pleasant atnd tulented gentlemen. Alr. FttLLuioaE is poken of for the next P'residency ; but it is not to be rawta as an abscolute conclusion that this has any httg to da with his presenit trip. .Judge Butler. Wa findi the following allusion to Jtudge BV-rt.Eia passing freely the rountds. Cturrentt paper and, rmore tspecilly, gentuinie coin (like this) will pass every where: " Judge Butler, of South Carolinn, is one of those Senators in Congress to whom tthe public teart in. stitctively turmis whtetnever a great qulestion dtivides the pubtlic mindi. 'Thlere is a mellow riperness in his linguage, a real value in his cotunsels, anid a genuine eartiess ini his thoughts, that witi upotn its whether e will or not. All ahout him indicates disimterested' ness and~ initegrity. Representing an extreme Soiuth-. en State-a State nmore disposed to inderpendent ac in, itn politics and governimenit, than atny other of the confedueracy-he is nevertheuless full of devotion to ie counatry, anid always ready to show his sincerity Raif Road Prospect. -Ir will be seen, by reference to certain proceedings elsewhere publislted, that the Rail Road ipirit is once more breathing its awakening influences upon its of Edgcfield. The meeting held on Saturday last was a calm and quiet one, but very satisfactory to all in terested. Col. PCKFNS made an admirable speech, in which lhe portrayed the future greatness of a direct route from the Western interior to Charleston with much force. Chancellor WARDJA w also addreesed the meeting briefly but iappily. Others bein called on, Mr. SAMUEL BaooKs replied, "Iamfor eion," a speech which was received with applause by the assembly. After the adoption of certain resnintions, the meeting adjourned -to meet again in two weeks. In the mean time, the Committees on Correspondence and Subscriptions are to see what can be done towards the object had in view. These Committees, we are pleased to slate. have already been at work. A cor respondence with several important gtnarters has been opened. Subscriptinn lists are also passing around. We are not informed how much the figures amount to at this time; but on the evening of the first day some forty-five or fifty thousand dollars were subscribed We have yet great hopes that the sum will reach at least a hundred thousand. And should our able fel. low-citizens between this place anid New Market take hold of the matter with a relish, equal to the degree in which their interests will be promoted, we should think that even two hundred thousand dollars would not be a high estimate for Edgefield-it ought not to be at any rate. We are glad to see that the thing has been started without burras and bombast. Mflay this be a harbin ger of its steady, onward adirancement! The Cadets! The Cadets! Ir is not perhaps unknown to many of our citizens, that the Cadets from the Citalel Academy, Charles ton, are now making a mardh through a portion of the up'-country of South Carolina, by nay of exercise and recreati-i. ThIe intention is to make Edgefield Til lage one of the points of rest upon this tour. It will be several weeks before they get around this far. But it is not amiss, we hope, to call attention to their comn ing in advance. They are a noble-looking corps of Young Carolinians; andi from personal acquaintance, we are e'nabled In say, of several memibers, that they are as spirited and as polite as they are erect and handsome. As this y->uibful conipany will probably encamp with ts for several days, we would suggest to the students of 3r. LEITNEa's Academy the pro priety of making suitable preparations for ntihancing the pleasure of their sojourn in our midst. Our younger gentlemen generally might with great good taste jouin in this business. Let a sitable place be provided for their encatmpaent. Let some arrangements be made to afiord them an occasional treat in-the way of deli cacies.&c. Let a little dance be gotten up, if consider ed proper. In short, let any thing be done w hich our younig friendls may think calculated to cheer and gratify their gallant compeers. We trust our proposi tion will be heeded and acted upon in time. An Encampment. W E learn that our Stinadron of Cavalry, after their parade in our Village on Saturday last, determined to go into Encampiment, fur a week, suietite in Sep tember next. This is good evidence that the gallant gentlemen, % ho compose this branch of our military, aire sitill disposed to keop alive the soldierly pride wshieb has ever characterised them; ad we cannot fail to hail the indication with satisfaction. Could the same lively interest and becoming amnbition be made to prevail in the ranks or otur Militia, the system might not be lie Iaighable thing it is. It has been hinted to u., thdt every exertion wiil be maide by oflicers and men to banish disipaiun arid preserve order throughout their Sqiudrn Entcantp metnt. Theiu desire is to make it a place of animation andI ernjiyment as cointradistiuguished from ro wdyism atnd debanchery ;. so thlat all, antIl partiettlarly th~e Ia dhies. can aittend tiy day or hyomight. We say_"niight,'' because it is coittempilated toprepare a "Grand MIar kee" tindier whih a platform will he arranged for dancing. The ladhes will bedthited in dtue form andl in gooid time to grace the ontcasion with their restrain itng at t noblin~g presence-; atnd the week will not he permi- -I toi pass w~ijliost tw 'r more brilliant halls. All ili. ,nanifests a tonet .worthy of the warmest en contragemnt. -t We trust our friends of the Cavalry will not sttfler his initention to idie t ho deathi irmast Edgefiel d initen tionus. Well coiniducted, thae~atliir muigh~t be made a delightful one. Explanatory. rta letter wve.appendi below,is froim Dr. Wttrr-rEN, of Geourgia. The cause of it 'is an allin-ion niade by tus sonie week~s ago; int a letter from Chiarlestotn, to a conversation hielid withI thle Dioctor n lhe cars. Lest we mighit have created the imtpressioun nmpol -ome minods whtichI ur old friend apprehendls, we give his expilanaltiont in full. Thne letter is as follows: A ticUS-r, April 17, 1851. UnAa Sia :--I have jiust read in the Adtecni.ser of last wveek. youir notice of the conversation we ha~d tin our way to Charleston a few dnays ago, anid thank yoti for hnntginug befoire te publlic, a piece iif Cairolitna his tory, w hiuh I have thloughut for several yearm shtould be etntered un recordl. I hasten to correct any imtpressioni that ittnouir conversatioin on the relative nmerits of IJ.SuMFs CAutuoNs. and htis brother'Wi.i.taM, in that noble eh~hrt, t hey were itt anyts way buroughtm in contact. I certainly didl not so inte-nd it. It was Jamess CA itinous v. ha discovered in Augusta the ext ratardiniary protmise of the ymmig MI~tvwiv., and had formed planis for his edutcatimun. int about thtat time heo was utnforttunate in a mercantile pttrsuit, atnd was thereby reduced in his tmeans, atid became unahi~c, as lie thonght. to carry tatnt his wishes. In a conversation with air. Ws:L LtAm CA1.notN, lie spoke of that among his tither misfor tunies. 3Mr. WitrtaA CAi~oUn was then living at Wil lingion fur lie purpose of senidinug his tchildrent to Dr. Waniit.s:'s Acadhemy. fle itmmeidiately proposed to his broilier to seind foir yotug 3McDUFFIE, arid hte wout take him into his fatmily tindi carry out what his brotther JAMES had platnted. The birothers J.4xEs, WiVLa.AH andI IATalCK~ CALitoUN, nnd thteir wives, entered inito thle thing with all the ardmr andt delight that~ fond parents ever throw arounm' a chuildh or a be loveid object. Each one contributed as his mea'ns or peculiar circuimstamnces best favored. After his arri val at Willington, 3Mr. WiLL~rISM CA Ltotus dtd the most, biecause while lie livedl there, 3Mc[)eFi't lived in his fanmily ; and when lie was setit to C<.liumbia, heI wsin morre aitent circutmstances. lint ini addition to that, 3Mr. Wii.t.AM CAritous was a mnain of great energy, ardent int his temperament, noble in his enter prises, and true in his coinfidenice iand hi<i afec-tionts; and lie ever afterwards threw arotund alcDUtFFt:E all the nobale and getnerouts cares of his natnre, and 3Ir. ilcDUFtEv fully appireciated andt benefittedl by it. Mly object in our con':ersationl, was to do justice to the memory of, I thinik, one of the best balitnceid, best proportioned, anid must reliable characters I ever kne wv, in point of mnind, judgment, murals, worth and all those properties that we want int a perfect man-one, who had theo sagacity to discern, and the pubicn spirit to patronrise and iniflutence othierst to aid ini the fashtionitng and the butiling tip of those enduring moutuments of Carolina's greatest fame, JOn C. CAtineuxN and G EoaGcE MiDUFFIP.. Far was it from muy piurpiose, in any wsay to dletract froim the moemory of Whit.tax CA.ttous; foir that would be sacrilige to my fe-elinugs and conniections. Very truly, &c. J. L. Wil-TTrEN. The Blister and Critic. Tits medical jotrnail has reached its third number and has a bright priumise of prosuperity. It says somie very sensible things, touches upon stime very taking pomis anud is withal deide.dhy entertining. WVe obiserve that the Editor urges renacc~eination ini neighbo~irhoods threatened with smiall poe, renmrkitng that it is better to have ilis operationi performued every septenntial p'eriod. The Editor this month (among many ot her roadlable dottings) thus tonethes off the qttestion of " Pauperism in Georgia :"I "It moust be a heart-felt pleasure to every Georgian, to kntow that we have hut 854 puojpers ini our enutire pptlation. This speaks volumes mi havor of the int siitutiont of slavery. We have no chariiy pour in (eorgia. Onr garners are full, onl- negrutes fatt, our pauipers wvell fend and e.ibhi, while our State is tree f utebt to a con,,idlerabile extent, auth low more Rail Roads thtan any State in, the South, and witth a single excpuan they are built fromn our pirtvate capital Where slavery prevails patuperism cana't ezist.' "Southern'x Cultivator." Tit 31ty number of this very vahaabble agriculti al public-ation is biefore us, replete wsitht useful anid izterestinig articles. Thle - Cultivator," merits a cir last Tennessee Produco. WE clip an article from the Knoxcille Register ar place it below for the careful examination of our rei ders. It unfolds a view of the immense and rapidli increasing productions of East Tennessee, a single se, tion of the vast interior which enterprise is now sti ving to open up to us by railroad. Read it, and refle thnt all ihis wealthall these necessarie', all these cou forts, all these luxuries may be brought in superabt dance to your doors, if you will but stretch forth yot hands generously to obtain them. In the nameof prudene and common sense, let us do something for ourselve in this great matter. See what we are losirg-, arid th is not the ene fiftieth part EAST TENNFssEE; PRoDUcE.-Really the peneti tion of East Teniessee by Railways from the Sonm has acted magically almost upon the agricultural t well as mmeral development of this hitherto isolate portion of 'enneasee. There were those in formi days, when the propriety of constrneting the oi 1H wassee Road was discussed, who did nut hesitate tosna that a rtilway was altogether titnecessary to transpoi to market the surplus products of East Tennessee, ft the reason, as it was alledged, that a train of cal mont/dy would drain tie country of all it could pr( duce. So it seemed there, it was true, for there wa a stagnation throughout the laoui. There was then n incentive to in dnst ry, as the earth produced wAith th most negligent and unskilful culture, as much as ith wants of the producer demanded, and beyond th wants of hirnself tnd family, there were no others t sopply. There were no markets accessible, excel those of Niorilt Alabama, to which East Tennesse sent nnnually surne ten or a dozen flat boats, loade with flour, potatoes, onions, and " dried apples an sweet eider." Nw, however, there is not a steame -:mid they are making daily trips-that plies hetwee this place nod points below that, as it dercends ih river, is not loaded down to tie guards ; indeed, stc is the areumulation of prmednre in the depots on th ine of the liist Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, ths it seems oltoist beyond the capacity of the road, c rather its eqnipmerit-althougl twee freiglt train are run daily- to transport it. Wheat, corn, ents, hay, bacon, lard, live stocl heans, peas, fruit, meal, flour, metal, and varici umanntfctured articles, are all pouring in upon ith rolad i tuch nquatinities. ihat in some instaences, th freight houses are wholly iradeqate to contain whe is Mffered for shipment, ited heice every took an corner in every other building aceetssible, and whic can be used for such purposes, is brought into re quisimon. We have not the means of ascertaining at this tim un tpjprximhrtate eStimteee Of tile value- of the produlct whic h East 'rennessee will this year send to mnrkei but fronm the ioform;ition which we have, we hazari nothing, we think, in sayiig that the profit alon which will be realiz.-d, beiause of the imeans c transportation. will amount to more thani East Tenires Fee li;s conribited to build the East Tennessee art Georgia Railroad. Hiram Eutchinson. Wr take great pleasure in publishing the fact tha 1r. IItItAm HUrcttIsoN, President of the Hambur ank, and of the Valley Road, has made a donatioi of $5,000 for the purpose of creating a permamen Scholarship in the South Carolinma College. This i generons, atid commendable in a high degree. ''her are now, we believe, four such schitarships in tIa noble Institution. The gentlemen, % to have chosei thus in invest a portion of their wealth, will be cher ilied in grateful hearts as long as our College slial stand, and who does not say of it " Esto pcrpeltua 7 Another Tire. A large fire occurred very recently on Broadwaj N. Y. Property destroyed nintinted to $143,000 Fiourieen perslons were killed-tweny one weri wonnded. The lo.es of life was caused in a measin by the falling of fire.prof safes from upper stories. Two Useful rfemcdies. ANx ol.acquatintarce, and one npon whom reliancq may he placed, handed over to us the other day., the two filtiwirig recipes. We publi-l thrm for the ben efit of asfliced dlandies anid school chiiiren. Jst. To Cuaa Cortiss.-Pa:re the corn smoothly nfl reamching~ the giek if cotiventienr. Tlheti get as mnel ear-wax from yiour own ear as you ran screw otm, amt rutb the pltice well with it. Two orn three repetition: of this course w ill eflTct a permanent eure. 21i. To DuttE AWAY WAtnT.-Le't the nrehini hanid he so placeid that the bloods frm a newly.bhutch. ered coiw r.hall flow upoti it tnnt il well b esmeared. ThIen snll-r it to ciool and remain untwaishedl for ter mitnmes. Wash off' theti, and the wtarts will all dis appear. Our friend assures us that these remedies are gena inc. C 0 DI D U N I C A TI0 N S, RAIL ROAD MtEETINiG. Accoring to' previous n''tice, a publie mneeting o the citizons ofh Edgelild \'illage :mtd the stirrtutnd. itng counutry waus helid in the Co'urt 1louse, un sat urdayu thme 29tzh daty of~ A pril last. A Chatrter wiu grantedl by thme Legislature of South Carohuta at its last Sesson, to the Ciolumbiia & Greenivil', Rai Roatd Comtpanyv, antthumrizinig said Comtupasny to bule ae bruanch eef th, ir I ' iad tfromt some p.itnt ont sait floade. West 'if Sat'udha River, to initerseet te Soiutl paroulina~ Rail Roat.l at, er East of Aiketn. Antd thr pairticulart object of this meetng was to c'otsnut .a toi the meianis to he empiIloiyed by the citizenus lltzelield V~llage atid the seurrundinug coutntry t, influettce the licatioin or said Roadl, sii thait it shld pass throngh~1 the: t'orporaite limti'ts of th's Village. On tmoti it. Coil. rics wias clled ti, the Chatir anid W. W. A vAuts, Fsq., requestedi to nect as See retarv. C'.I. Prextsas. on taiking the Chair, addressed the mie.-itg ait coinsiderabhle length, in a piractiial atnd itete iSt.nli spech, wherein, aifter explainting the object 'if the meeting, and assumitng thait the Ratir Gap Rail Roadte will he heilt aend compjletedu at tnc very distant day. be idemtuonstrated that the building o! the cotemitplaetd' Rlail R'ad flromt New Starket ot somie oither point otn the Columbia & Greenvihlk Rail Roadl to initersect the Siuthm Carolinat Rail Rloadi at or neair A ikent, well be necessary and inidispen. sabhle to mneet the detmatids of the Rahnun Gaip Hlead, anid tmust, from the ntecessity of the caese, be built. By sucht a Reiad, Charlestont will be brought absout 36, mti'es nearier to Ntew Sarket than it is by the Columtibiae & G reentville~ Rail Roal ;tnd no t ontly R';ll the udistaince to, Chatlestin be shortened ahbout 36j miles, but the satid RoadI will have immense ad-l vauntatges in poitit or locatioin. The Columbia & Greetiville Ratih Road is subject tos disasters frome every freshect, ini consesquetnce of the nutmerout Rivers that arte eroisseud by it. Wlhereas, te eon tempatedI Ri':md from New Mauket to Aiken will be on a level rndge thri'tghtntt its whole length, with searce~ly a stream of atny cotnsideraible size to cross. rTe meeting wa~s als addiressed by Chancellor WAtiLrAwV atnd severatl other gentlemnen. Mtaj. Gio. A. ADmnsoN then ttoved the followitig I. Resolted, That we, thec utndersigned bind our selves to pamy the sunms respectively attached to our names, for the purpose of biuiihng a Raiil Road romt someI pintt in At bbeville ott the Colutmbia tnd G reentville lIa~il Roamtd, thIreitghi the vilage of Edlge ield tou Aiken on thme Soiuth Caurolina Ratil hmnid: Provided sneh termies of juncetion witha the Rabutn Gap, Col uimbia tand Greeniville, tanid Smuth Cttrolina Rail Rotad Cotmpanmies can be obtained, as the sub seribers or as matjority of them shall deem expedient and prtoper. Resolved, Thatt a Committee of Seven be raised to taet as Comitmissionters iio receive subscriptions to the caplital stock of said Road. .JosEu't A anNv, l''sq., itoved the following: Resolred, That it is essentiael to the biest initerests mif Edeliehld Iistrict. thiat a ha I R-eid branch all be establishedu toi pass fromi New .\,arket, ort some ther po'int ott the Grneenville anid Coltimba Ramil Road, netir ior thrtougha Edgehield Vilhage to A iken, ir some iithier poinat en the South Cartouintt . hoatd. This Resojluti was aceceputed as arm taamnett to thte above Resomutimons, and with thme aiemiemt, were untatnitmously adopted. T1hie Clair thea appomeitted thec following gentle nen~i thme CiummtttteL: undher thme 3rd Rese'lution, iAlaj. (I. A. Aomsos, J1. Amnsev, Esq., D~r. R. Tr. Mltss, W. C. MoauAGNE, E~q., J. SitErrPaa, A. Stx. mad S. CuatsrtE. Dr. B. W Atinmovedl the following : Resolred, That a Committee of three be raised to tasertain somuethimg about thle temrns of juntiun ith the several Rail Road Comupanies above mnen ioned. Resolved, Thtat this meetintg when it adjourns tndh adjotnned to the 2nd 'Thurtsdaty in May next. Resolred, That time proeeinigs or this mee~ttig l- j,,tuli..td in the. Eulmgel.ld A dtrtiscr, These Resolutions were also unanimously adopted. d The Chairman then appointed the following Com mittee Dr. 1. WALDO, If. R. SrANN. Esq., and Mr. S. BRooKs, to which the Chairman was added. The meeting was then adjourned to the second Thursday in May. F. W. PICKENS, Chair'm, W. W. A DA S, See'ry. FOR TilE ADVERTiSER. Mtn. EDITon:-On Saturdy he 22d ult., C'm panion. ALEnT G. 1AcKEY, Most Exellent Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of South Carolina, installed the Officers of BEZALELi. h CIIArTFR No. 8, Royal Arch Masons, in the Vil'age d of Edgefield. The following are the namtes of the r Officers: Companion A. R.utotEv, M. E. High Priest. It JAmEs A. WIL.IAMS, King. r " A. G. TEAGUr, Scribe. . JosEii A sEY, Captain of thle Host. S " JA3hES M. DAY, Pr;neipal Sojourner. " S. F. GooDE. lloyal Arch Captain. MILEs PUCxiT, Treat.urer. S GEOnGE 1). TILLIAN, Secretary. W. F. Ihmisor, Mlaster Third Veil. " A. PERRIN, 4 Secind " A. LiNosEY, " First " r " C. L. fR Eo, Sentinel. FOR THE ADVERTISER. CHANGE OF FASHION. MR. EDITOR :--The gentenien used to tip their r hats to the ladies, but now the ladies tip their hats to the gents. The dear creatures robbed us of our pants and sacks some time ago. and they have read M Mrs. Caudie so) much, that they are now appropri ating our vests and cravats likewise, to say nothing of the broad brmmed hats, that are the best ein beis of freedom and l:bity among the Anglo Saxon as well as th6 Anglo-Amerienn race. BACHELOR. FoR rilE ADVERTISER. MR. EDITOR : I noticed in your L.-st a little strain of criticism which is cateilatid to make us little Majors beLeve that you cherish something unkind towards us personally, and mot the Military syptem. Now, Mr. EDITOR, I venture the assertion. that not one of the 31ajors entertain an unkind feeling to wards you. Whether thel tle'sqibs that you now and then indict will demolish the 11ilitary, re-mains to be seen. You s:ty the Nli'itary is all 4 a farce." Be it so or not we didi not establish it. But we do know this much, that it has worked too well, and too long, for it to have ju-t been discovered by you to be a a fare-." You say, "1 each one of these occasions %v ill give the usual amiont of dust. ginger eakes, colt whiekerings arid loud hawed words or coimmi:d." Very true we have ali that, and even more. As regarls the dust, we are used to it, and it is not dlisa greeable in the slightest degree, front the fact that we were brought up at the plough lean dles-th.migh. hInd we hare been raised in the Vil loge of Egrfield then " dust, ginger e'kes, colt whi.kerings" and all such things would sitell very badly. Biut nbrit supprises us so nmuch is, that your vie'w htave chaniged so thoprontibly. S:r, I recollect the first Regimental parade I ever attemled, (when qui:te a boy) You were there in all the full accontre mitents of war, " strut tintg and frettintg youir IItur Iupon the stage"~ in, silence. Surely thent yeu have had your dany, why tnt let us have enurs. We were elected in inur oflics by thes people, and niot up pointed, with ithe rank of Lieut. Colenel. by the -Guvertnor or some Majir General. ARRTVAL OF THE STEAMER PACIFIC. .Ba t1rl.MotE, M1ay 1, l8~3d. The steamer Pacifie hi:a arriced, bringintg Liverpool dated to 19th.April, beinig four d..ys later. The snle of cotton for the four days amoun-i ted to'26,0'00 bdiles. The cirenlar ofl alessrs. .\lulligan, Lempreire & Co. reoneri s lie fotlhow. inig giiftatiis: Fair Otleans G4-.\liddling 54: Fair Uplands G--.liddlinug 531I. The demtan~d for the artiele w~is good. Sprenlators took 3,000 atid expoerters .1.000) balee. Westerni Canidl flour 39 ; Oihio 40s'. Yellow corni 4 '; white d12. Coisuils cho-ed at 87 7-.. There- is no new inicidetit in, lhe E'astern w::r wi IiI the except tin eel ti- seizure~ ofI live Ruts-ic ii mnerchtait 'essb in thle Balite. The .te..mer A frica: ar'rised at Liverpool, at midnight, on thte l0th AprIl. O3 THlE 9th, a duel was foutght necar Snecra mniitee, betweed P1. We. Thomna~s, istricnt At tir ney foer Pirier coniy . aned D r. Dicksoni, phyv.i eian of the State Mlarine 1 iospi~al. in that eiiy. The we prons were dnelhing~t.~ lis. di~ene' thir; ten pneLes. Dicksoen fll at thle firs: tire, I le shot paingii~ directly thtroug~h thit eedy. juist be low the armphits. He died at midiiu . The oicasibin was that' PlTomas ref'uwed te n.-eept a chlantge fro Dick-otn's prnincip.il, .. IR. Rut. land, anud at clerk in t he State Treastirer's eUtlce, whiose claitm to geu 'n:lashipi Thiomas denied. *A Mut Sttor.-We unidertamnd a manttbythec nalie of.'Palmer wa shot ott M naday ni Tht. ut the residence of birs. Arnett, ott the Satnd Hills, by a small negro boy. As related to US, it utppearrs Mrs. A. a few nights ago had a vatluable dog shotL on her piremnises. She proenred a ahot giln, loaded it anid gave it to the boy n~ ith ii s:ruttotns 'i hecunid any one pirowlitig a bout thle premnises, t o shout. Otn .\oidayv tnight the boy was naronied by his sister. whot was sleepiing eliose by. himt, antd toeld him that somebody was in the liounemd had gonze tup stairs. Oii going iinto the pas~sage way lie fouiid the door opien, and told his sis.etr Sto go to the stair ease aiind give the nilann, he re minintg in the passage wihhI the gun. She did so, and P'almier came.runingui~ downi, aind on reacht ing the door the boy gave him lhe load of' buck shot, which brought hitti t hei ground. Pahiner is serioutsty it' not danugerously wounded. lie is a re.sident of iatrrisbnrg so1 we are iinf'ormed. A ig ursta Co'n.tit utnli.'t, .\lay 3. MaGNiTUDE OF RI{sstA.-Itussiat is the great. est unibroken empire for extenlt that eve. e~si-t ted ; Ovenpiniig vast regions of Europe and Asia, aind nearly onte-six th of the haiibitable gleebe. It is f'orty-onue timtes the size of France, and cine hundred and thirty-eight times that of' Englaiid. Yet it was too smaull for the ambi tion of' Alexander, who is reported to have said: "I insist upon having the Baltie to skate upon, the Caspiani f'or a bathinig phae'e. the Black Sea ats a wash hund'baisin, aml the North P'aeilie Oeann as a. fish pond1." le o eneri':ched on Tartary f'or a pastture, on Persia anid Georgia f'or a viniey~ard, on Turkey for a gatrdeni, oni P'o Iamtd for a f'arm, on Finlanid and letal as a huintiing grotund, and took part of' North Ameri ea as a place of' baniishmient for offeniders. TntE CAMtEL iN A:iEttCA.-The CommItten on Commerce in the New York Senatte have re ported in favor of iincorpor'atinig the Amnericain Caime1 Compainy. The purpose of the Assocra-l tion is to inttroduee.ttie Asiatic enmol io the United States fur the varilous puirpodSes oif traits portation. The cnapital stqek is tixed at one hunt dred thousand dollars. IntsiaF.N TN -rtF..IBafriSt. 4ORMi.--A conven tioni ohf ri-h Soucietie~t syns..heid ini New Yourk oin Thra evenuing. feor-the 1iutrpoeeu of' prepa ring an address t o itheir epountrptien .itn Irebotd, exhiortingi them tnot to jeein, th-' :Brih armyt in the coitg Europeaii tvar, ilt-' which EngtlandJ is likely to hecome invoh.-des 'nothbr meeung on the subject is sooni to be held. SoUTHI CAROLINIANs IN -CONGESs.-All the members of Congress f'romt south Caroinha aire natives of that Stare except Geni. Jothn .tleQtteen' who was horn in North Caroliinn. Besides these, Senators Thomas .J. Rtisk, of Te!Cng5 J. P. Benjamin, of Loiia~na ; Stephien Adaims ind Albert G. Brown, ohf 31i.is-dppi; were hborn in the Palmetto Statte-malanrg. six natifu.ef South Carolina in the Seniatb ibine;. while in he Hou~tse are Dr. David A:'.es ani .Ool, Elijah W. Chastain, oef Georgin;-. PhilipPillips, Iof Alabama ; (Mobile,) and Theodore G.' Hunt, ne fo'Lisi-m-. alI South Carolinians by birth. RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS. The folli wing resolutions were introduced into the lonse of Representatives. in Congress on lionday last. by Mr. Walbridge,- of. New York. They were raid oiver under the rule: "Resolred by the Senate and House <f Repre sentatire, That the Uni;ed States, as a maritime power, having neut iral rights to maintain. deem it proper. ir, view of the exm-ing war in Europe, to declare and make known, that every Ameri. can vessel engraged in th lawful pursuits of commerce is held by this Government to be pro. tected by the flag that covers her, and which shall be the evidence of her nationality; that we ate lh to all such vessels a charneter of sorer eignty, considering them a part of our territory, - in'iolable, and clothed with corresponditig im munity : that our rights, as thim declared, rest npun no preearious or temporary basis, nor up. oil the concessions of nny power. but upon th. public law, as inisisted upon from the early his tory of the Republic; and that any nttempt to enforce an ahmoite right of impressment, search, detention, or visitation in regard to such Ameri cnn ships. will be regarded as an act of hostility to the United States and a just cause of war. " Be itfurher resolced, That as the existing conflicts in Europe may lend to the change- of political seivereignty in some of the European Powers, and the destruetion of political sover eignty in others, we deem it proper for Congress, to make known to them that we affirm the doc. trire that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system of government to any portion of this hemisphere, as dangerous to our peace and safety. nid from t.he geographi eal and commercial position of the Island of Cuba to this government, we will never consent that her sovereignty be transferred except to the United States, to which she seems naturally to belong" . BALT3IOPE. April 29, 1854. FmrE.-It is onr unpleasant duty to ani'oince anoth ter disastrous fire in our city. St. Paul's Epi-copal Church, inl North Charles street, was totallv cionsmmted last night. It cost over$100. OUO, of which 550.000 only was insured. It was the work of an incendiary. TiE APPELLATE C'OURTS.-The Law and the Equity Conrts of Appeal convened yesterday morning, to hear and decide snch eanses as may be brought up from the Circuit Courts. In the Law Court of* Appeals, there were presents yes terday, Judges O'Neall, Wardlaw, Whiihers, Whi iner, and Monroe ; absent, Judge Glover. In the Equity Court of Appeals, there were in attendance yesterday. Cliancellors Johnson, Dar gan, Wardlaw, and Dunkin.-Carolina Times. MURDER BY A CitosT.-Laban MIereer was put on trial in Wetzel COnln:y, Va., on Wedpeis. day last, charged with the murder of John Ganm. b!e. The Murder was committed inl '1850. and su bsequently the body of the decensed was found loatiig in the Ohio river, but no clue was had as to the atthor of the deed until last fall, when a respectable citizen of the county wvent befowe a mitgistrate and made aflidavit that a ghost had eonfronted him after night in the wooda, and told him Mercei was the murderer of Gamble. This with other suspicons eirenmstances, led to the arret of the acensed, who is now on trial. Whether what the "ghost" is alleged to have stated will be considered legail evidence has not beei decided. Oier witnesses, having no con nee ion with the ghost story, have, so far, occu pied the time of hie court in giving in their evi dence. TiE IIAYaE STR EET ItitE.-Thte Charleston Courier learns from re'li:mle authority that the amn iit of' in~t anrune on thle nine buihilings de stroy'ed hiv the recent fire in H::vne-street, and the 'buildings were injured on the lesm and West or' t hen, burni dikt rict, mas beeni estimated at about $100t.00t0. and t hat lie loss on thte merchandise s abo~u; S2.0.000. miearty ilhree-fourths of which 's insured out ofh thei city1. IT is proposed in MmaInengtts to form a Joint Stock Conmpany w'it h very largt- capital, for the. pitrpose (it priototig emnigrat ion to Nebraska, to keep slaive Inhbor out by carryintg free labor in. The pratetiien featmecs of the scheme.. hasve not vet bieeni made public, but the proposition mueets with tfavor amotng a practieal class of men, and appears to be titking a deftinite shap. TutERE died recently ait the residence of his son, in .\iani county, fi-li:mma. Wmn. Martingale agdone hurtdred years, el-ven months anid six teen dayvs. The dfereased hiad, at his death, liv ing in Iindiatna. children. grand children, grent. grutndi childrt'i, :aid greni.grenat-gra ndl hildlreni, thtt:-e bintg five greneiratioins of the f~tmily living' at thle satme tiie. 'The u'flprinti tof the dieenn:d, at thlie itie oft his denthi, cotutiing thle dead and the l'iv ittg, anmounted to over two thousand pier. sons. oBITUARY. DmErcrn ttt hi' if.t th.- re'sidemnce of their fathe'r, in ittis t aistrict. .\t1tt. .\lAnY .\5 flo..owAVy, itn the 29t h .\latrch. ini her t.'et-second year; on the' 1st day of A pril. hr sister Mrs EitY T. TuasoD, in hter' twe.nty-,-iehmt year. anid ent the Sith A pril, Mi's inArruai H. iloi.rLowav, in tier nineteenth v ar--ll dlaurbters or Mrs. Ilenrietta and Mr. Lrwis Illol~oway. Thus ha~s thme hand of death taken from our midst, in a fewv short days. thtree inidividumats, which has ieused sorriow andu laentntiiin to arrest the minds cit n' whit knew th.:m, amid has, eaused weeping and biternmess to take po'session of the disconsolate parentts, but st'll we do not sorrow nts those whot have ito hope. Matrthta found peace in a crucified bileemer, and utnited heirse'f wath the Baptist Curch of Christ, at Red lIill, three years ago, atnd hais been a worthy member ever since ; the oulier two sisters lhad nt miade ath Open profession, but haid beenm chantged by grace, hiaving frequently given evi.htenee of their neceptance with Christ. Thtoudi parents and reltionms may weep, and friends may symtpathiise for the~ les of these loved ~nes, yet we feel tha~t our loss is their eternal gain. Di. iB. DIED, at the residence of Maj. J. II. Hughes, in* Edge'tietld Distriet, on the 25th F'eb., Dr. Frrrtfsa E. I loans, in thme 22.h year of his age. The nature or his disease, cioi~niption, was of - u:h a ehi:reter as t, allow hinm timte to pre'pare fior it.- sote'mnities of' that hour. which lixes fiorever the esinv of man. I he was nmi'd into, the M. E. hlun.lb Ott thme 1st .Sept. 1853, and from that time t:n thme hour of his decease, wvas zealously engaged n woirking tint htis oiwn " salvmitiim with fear amid rmblig." fin the midst oft severe and p~romtntd mfl-ring,. thei grace of Giod through a vigorous and ealizng f.iilh, sustained him. Heo spoke of death md its after consgqnees with christian compo uire ; and bitt a few hours betotre he bade the world diiu, tie said to the writer, " 0, what a happy ie it wil! be when we all shall meet in heaven." hi. last wvords we heard him utter, were thtese, 'Yo~u will, perihps5see me tno mor-. hut 1 am reaidy o idie; tell umy inisieringc brethireni thiat I hope lai eet them all where parting is ano more." M. PecKer-r. Correspondence of the Advertiser. 11-\MBUJRG, May 2, Cor-ros.-Sine our last' report, we have received dices from Liverpool, which caused a better feel. mig, anmd prices immproved. The sales have been ght, as hiolders are firm in asking high pirices. he 'var seems not to effect prices materially in lw E~uroptean markets ; conisequently confidence is eing somewhat restored ini our home niarks. We qnote prices to-day at 7 to 9.4 cents. The de rese ini the receipits of cotton at all the ports, as *lmpiare'd with last year at the same date is S1$, tE8 bales. D. Notice This---Glenn Sprjigs. P lERSONS desiring to retreat tir tle Surmmer Lto thi< well-knotwn WATERIING PLACE, re tufiomeid that cottniees will be fitted up for eir aeceommoa~dationu, eihmer with or withott furnii ie. In or'der to secnre one', appienction ilust be ude at On-e to the Rev. E. A. WAGNER, on ie prennlses. SMay 4 4t 16 For Sale, AFINE BUGGY, nearly newv, with Tongue L& Umbrella, and a n't second-hand Double laness. Sold because the ownier has no furtheof sfor them. A pply at this Oficee Aay4 - :1